Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (2/1/18)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Browns sign three players” (OBR) - “The Browns signed three more players to their roster. The team announced they have signed tight end Devon Cajuste, defensive back Denzel Rice and offensive lineman Christian Schneider.”
• “Kirk Cousins to Cleveland? Browns given 5/1 odds” (WKYC) - “Hours after the Smith-to-Washington deal was first reported, Bovada released its odds for Cousins’ landing spot in 2018. Per the popular online betting site, the Browns -- at 5/1...”
• “Alex Smith trade to Washington leaves Browns’ QB situation muddled” (ESPN) - “Dorsey knew Smith well from their days in Kansas City, so the assumption was that he would be willing to give up one of the Browns’ second-round draft picks to bring Smith to Cleveland.”
• “Tony Dungy says the Browns were a better dynasty than the Patriots” (Yahoo! Sports) - “The Browns won four straight AAFC championships from 1946-49 before the league merged with the NFL to form a 14-team organization that wasn’t fully integrated until 1962.”

NFL:

• “Gronk still in concussion protocol, returns to practice” (CBS) - “Gronkowski, who suffered a concussion 10 days ago in the AFC Championship game, remains in concussion protocol, coach Bill Belichick said on Wednesday.”
• “Fox gets Thursday night football for 5 years, $3B” (AP) - “Fox, which has the Sunday afternoon NFC package, will produce all of the games under the deal, which is worth a little more than $3 billion...”
• “Roger Goodell: NFL prefers Panthers staying in Carolina” (NFL.com) - “The ongoing sale of the Carolina Panthers has raised questions as to whether the NFL would allow a new team owner to relocate the team out of Charlotte, North Carolina.”
• “Roger Goodell wants fewer, shorter replay stoppages” (PFT) - “Goodell noted that technology allowing plays to be broken down at a microscopic level has made the job harder for officials, who he said do an ‘extraordinary’ job.”